Check List 18(6): 1337-1346, doi: 10.15560/18.6.1337

Some interesting desmids (Desmidiaceae, Zygnematophyceae): first records, taxonomic notes, and distribution for the Amazon Brazilian flora

Camila Barbosa de Araújo^‡, Mayara Fabiana de Melo Furtado^§, Sérgio de Melo^|, Luís Roberto Takiyama^¶, Patrick de Castro Cantuária^¶, Carlos Eduardo de Mattos Bicudo^‡

‡ Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais, São Paulo, Brazil§ Universidade Federal do Amapá, Macapá, Brazil| Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Santarém, Brazil¶ Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnológicas do Amapá, Macapá, Brazil

Corresponding author: Camila Barbosa de Araújo ( camiaraujo.ba@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Luciane Fontana da Silva

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Citation: Araújo CB, Furtado MFM, Melo S, Takiyama LR, Cantuária PC, Bicudo CEM (2022) Some interesting desmids (Desmidiaceae, Zygnematophyceae): first records, taxonomic notes, and distribution for the Amazon Brazilian flora. Check List 18(6): 1337-1346. https://doi.org/10.15560/18.6.1337

Abstract

We report nine interesting desmid taxa, which five were recorded for the first time for the Amazon Bra-zilian flora, including first records of two infraspecific taxa from Brazil. The material was collected from an Ama-zon flooded area in the state of Amapá, Brazil. A description, geographical distribution in Brazil, water conditions, and frequency of occurrence are provided for each taxon. Our study expands the knowledge of desmids by provid-ing taxonomic notes and information on geographic distribution.

Keywords

Desmidiaceae, floristic survey, green algae, microalgae, taxonomy, tropical flora